Local Health Department Official Comments on Measles Concerns

Tue, 06 May 2008 22:06:00 CDT

STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING EASTERN IOWANS TO MAKE SURE THEIR VACCINATIONS ARE UP TO DATE. THERE’S BEEN AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES IN THE U-S, WITH A TOTAL OF FIVE CASES REPORTED IN NEIGHBORING WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS. BRUCE MEISINGER WITH THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE RISK FOR MEASLES IS HIGH.

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MEISINGER SAYS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STATE SHOULD ANY OUTBREAK OCCUR. IOWA LAST SAW MEASLES CASES FOUR YEARS AGO, WITH THREE CASES. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED 64 CASES OF MEASLES SO FAR IN THE U-S THIS YEAR.

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